It's a law of life: children must grow up! Smallsteps is growing into a very beautiful and intelligent and surely very independent little girl. Every time you make this kind of post where your feelings, your doubts, as a parent come to the surface, I think you make clear many of the doubts of the parents of the world, who have to exercise this role without manuals and improvising. Your fears and doubts are normal. Feel happy when you see Smallsteps giving his opinion, free, independent, because then you will be sure you have done your job well. You will have to regulate those bear hugs, @tarazkp. hahaha. Regards
Sometimes I think she is lucky as an only child, as she gets poarents that are continually reflecting. Maybe if she had a sibling, we would say "we've done this already".
I myself am the fourth child in the family - There wasn't much left in the parenting tank.
Tighter? :D